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Almost everyone believes exports are a cure for many of the ailments afflicting the U.S. economy. They can help close the huge U.S.

Conflict is swirling around the crash-avoidance technology known as positive train control.

Robert Harding, President Obama’s second nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration withdrew from consideration Friday after questions were raised about the former military offic

After the sharpest decline in more than 70 years, world trade is set to rebound in 2010 by growing at 9.5 percent, the World Trade Organization said Friday.

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Logistics provider CEVA Group refinanced some $1.33 billion in debt this week, extending the maturity date and giving the company greater financial flexibility.

A business-backed coalition is pressing the House of Representatives to act quickly on pension funding reform before April deadlines that affect defined benefit plans.

President Obama remains opposed to raising federal fuel taxes while the economy is trying to recover despite calls in Congress to increase those fees to fund new legislation, said Deputy Transportatio

Two groups representing large retailers and importers are urging Congress to preserve the “first sale” rule for valuing imported goods.

The Supreme Court may have to decide whether or not ocean carriers will be considered “railroads” for cargo liability purposes after oral arguments on Wednesday morning.

The Department of Transportation’s second-highest official told senators that DOT’s preference for freight shipping is keep goods on waterways and rail as much as possible, getting them aw

New orders for manufactured durable goods increased for the third consecutive month in February, while shipments declined for the second month in a row, according to the latest advance report from the

Damco, the logistics arm of A.P. Moller-Maersk, will open its largest office in a new facility in Chengdu, the capital of the Sichuan province in China.

Japan's exports to the rest of the world rose for the third consecutive month in February, surging 45.3 percent compared with a year earlier to $56.99 billion, according to preliminary figures release

Third-party logistics provider Saddle Creek is expanding in California, opening a West Coast distribution center for Riviana Foods and New World Pasta Company.

Williams-Sonoma announced Monday that a turnaround at its Pottery Barn division and reduced markdowns fueled fourth-quarter profit of $88.4 million, up from $12.2 million a year earlier, while revenue

The Senate unanimously passed a $34.5 billion bill authorizing the Federal Aviation Administration for three years, and including features to improve aviation safety.

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Logistics provider Geodis said it is in talks to acquire the northern and southern European divisions of Giraud, the European road transport company, and hopes to win regulatory approval for the deal

Damco, the combined logistics brand of A.P. Moller-Maersk, started warehousing and distribution services at a new import and export logistics hub in Bangkok, Thailand.

The U.S. Supreme Court denied for the second time a petition by the state of Michigan to close locks on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to prevent the spread of Asian carp.

CEVA Logistics renewed its partnership with Transitions Optical for another three years.

Birds Eye awarded DHL Supply Chain a $45.2 million, three-year contract to handle exclusive distribution of all the packaged food company’s frozen foods to UK customers.

Electronics components suppliers are keeping inventory levels tight despite growing demand and will likely remain conservative in restocking parts for manufacturing in coming months, according to a ne

New York-New Jersey port officials say persuading diverse labor, environmentalist and employer groups to unite behind a clean-trucks program was like herding cats.

The first major address Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood made to a freight group came shortly after taking office when he spoke to the American Association of Port Authorities.

Congress appears on track to renew a tax break for rail repairs by short-line railroads, but first must sort through issues of “black liquor” and “carried interest.”

When President Obama this month set out details of his National Export Initiative, trade groups were nearly universal in their praise.

The secretary of transportation speaks on highways, ports, railroads and the role of shipping in a new era of transport planning

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was blindsided in his first weeks on the job by what had seemed to be a political no-brainer — eliminating a pilot program launched by the Bush administration

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Home Depot says it is 65 percent of the way toward completing a network of what the home improvements retailer calls Rapid Deployment Centers to overhaul its U.S.

The International Chamber of Commerce on Thursday unveiled an extensively revised version of the Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees that it said will be instrumental in adopting uniform practices in

The stimulus law is currently supporting 10,000 active transportation construction projects, and will further ramp up this spring, said Vice President Joseph Biden.

President Obama on Thursday signed into law a jobs bill that extends highway programs through the end of the next fiscal year.

Surface trade with Canada and Mexico in 2009 took the steepest dive in the 15 year history of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index for the United States inched up 0.1 percent in February to its highest level in the recovery.

The House on Wednesday approved a bill to extend the operations of the Federal Aviation Administration through July 3.

China is testing the impact on 12 industries of a possible revaluation of the yuan on their companies, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade announced Thursday.

Exports of U.S.-produced steel totaled 951,000 tons in January, an increase of 2.4 percent compared to December.